《山海经·海经》中“人面兽身”现象初探

Initial Research on "Human Face with Animal Body" Phenomenon in Shan Hai Cing- Hai Cing

《山海经·海经》中记载了许多奇异的事物和现象,"人面兽身"现象便是其中较多的一种。"人面兽身",一般是指人、神、动物或其他事物同时具有了兽的身体和人的面貌,但也存在个别兽面人身的现象。《山海经·海经》中主要表现为人的面貌与鸟、蛇、龙、鱼、虎等动物身体组合而成的各种异类,这种特殊的组合表明了当时人们信仰的取舍、动物崇拜的原始内质及神灵人格化倾向。

Shan Hai Cing-Hai Cing records a number of strange things and phenomena, and ＂human face animal body＂ phenomenon is the one which appears more. ＂Human face animal body＂ generally refers to people, gods, animals or other things that both have the animal body and the human face, but there are also individual phenomenon that has the human face and the animal body. Shan Hai Cing-Hai Cing mainly performs the human face combined with birds, snakes, dragons, fish, tigers or other animals from the various heterogeneous body, this particular combination also shows the choice of faith, the original endoplasmic of worship animals and gods personified tendencies.